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Views of Parents Preferring to Raise a Bilingual Child
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Akgül, Esra; Yazici, Dila; Akman, Berrin – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This study aims to compare the views of parents living in their own country or abroad on raising bilingual children. At the end of the study, we found that parents from both groups gave similar answers to the questions regarding the definition of bilingualism and the age for starting bilingual education; however, they gave similar but also…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Preferences, Foreign Nationals, Child Rearing
Continuous Partial Attention as a Problematic Technology Use: A Case of Educators
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Firat, Mehmet – Journal of Educators Online, 2013
Continuous Partial Attention is a current concept open to research which, besides multitasking, intensely occupies the agenda of education, communication and cognitive psychology. The purpose of the present study was to determine educators' continuous partial attention. In line with this purpose, the research data were collected from 109 educators…
Descriptors: Attention, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, College Faculty
Gender Dependency and Cultural Independency of Science Interest in an Open and Distant Science Learning Environment
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Baram-Tsabari, Ayelet; Kaadni, Alaa – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
This study aims to describe the similarities and differences in the science interests of males and females from Israeli and Arab Middle Eastern countries, as derived from over 1,000 science questions sent to an international ask-a-scientist site. Our findings indicate that while the stereotypical gender gap in interest persists, and significant…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Cultural Differences, Distance Education, Science Instruction